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Those of you who play Terra Battle might remember that Naoto Oshima promised to design some new "colorful" monsters for the game when one of the Download Starter goals were met early on. His content is finally arriving in the game in the form of a new Daily Quest which is start it's rotation next Friday.

Those of you familiar with Oshima's past relationship with Mistwalker and Sakaguchi will also remember that he designed the characters for Away Shuffle Dungeon, and they looked pretty goofy. Well, it seems he has only gotten worse as time passed!

Behold, the HORROR! :)

http://www.4gamer.net/games/263/G026384/20150522056/

What have you done?

This is great

First thing that popped in my head upon seeing that grey werehedgehog.

lmao

Looks like a shitty friend alright

Man, what the heck is that hedgehog-creature?

Also, I play this game, and these designs totally don't fit the atmosphere.

Looks like one of those 'original design, do not steal' fanart

Stil better than Madonna.

Werewolf Mickey Mouse?

An inspiration to hacks everywhere. If this guy can peddle his terrible art for money, perhaps you can too!

You laughing now but when these are Sonic's new friends in his next game who will laugh then?

Your not just messing with me by photoshopping in some Deviantart Sonic fanmade character right?

They look out of place

Jesus Christ :lol

Nice Sonic OC.

Is that Sonic the Chimp? lol

I was hoping for some originality to be on display. That's a werehog lookalike and a Lumina lookalike (she's from Sonic Shuffle).

Time for some history lessons! :D


This is Oshima's old concept artwork for Sonic:






And this is his original design for Nights:






He did these designs for Mistwalker's Away Shuffle Dungeon:






He truly inspires us all. :)

I knew what to expect when I clicked on that link but I wasn't ready. I really wasn't ready.


Might have to reinstall now and get these. . .

:Vomit

I honestly don't see what's wrong with the design other than the color is drab? For lack of a better word. It's his art style and I like it.

Originally Posted by duckroll

Time for some history lessons! :D


This is Oshima's old concept artwork for Sonic:

i LOve the 90s cartoon charm in this =3

They look photoshopped
This is terrible

Oh ew. Clashes with the art style of the rest of the game.

Then again, haven't played in ages so my opinion on the matter is probably worthless. If the fans can stomach the artistic whiplash, then why not.

Originally Posted by duckroll

He did these designs for Mistwalker's Away Shuffle Dungeon:

Away's designs are fine, and they fit with the art style the game has.

At the very least they're coherent.

Originally Posted by duckroll

He did these designs for Mistwalker's Away Shuffle Dungeon:



He truly inspires us all. :)

These look good.

Originally Posted by duckroll

Time for some history lessons! :D

And this is his original design for Nights:



He truly inspires us all. :)

Christ that is awful, now I want to know the entire process that got to the final design. It's so creepy looking.

Probably could've saved themselves a couple bucks by googling shitty Sonic fanart.

Has anyone found his Deviantart account yet?

Originally Posted by duckroll

This is Oshima's old concept artwork for Sonic:

You forgot his best one

Nice to see a good representation of Away fans! I liked the game too!

The monster designs were way better than the characters though:

The way japanese devs and vets videogame artists there just stick together in that sinking ship. It's somewhat moving yet a little sad... It's not super far from looking like some kind of old wrestler reunion in a supermarket or something..

I mean, terra battle is a great game at least!

I shouldn't be surprised finding out that the original character designer of Sonic the Hedgehog likes to draw Sonic OC on the side but here we are.

Original character, do not steal.

He's still got it.

Originally Posted by duckroll

And this is his original design for Nights:

What the fuck

Was Nights initially supposed to be Beetlejuice or some shit?

Will the upcoming story text also be on par with sonic fanfics

Originally Posted by Ryuukan

Will the upcoming story text also be on par with sonic fanfics

I've only done the first mission in chapter 31 so far, but it seems pretty interesting. You get teleported to an alien planet and the first mission is a single battle against a pretty tough giant Antlion boss.

Sakaguchi said that for the new chapters expect more variety and a "Star Trek" style direction for the story. Whatever that means. Hopefully they'll release new chapters more frequently now that they finally started with Part 2.

He also did the art for FlingSmash which used the same style as Away Shuffle Dungeon.

Deviantart Battle

Yeah, Arzest list the game on their site.

What's odd is that this is so Yuji Uekawa-esc, like the original SA1 artwork. Are we sure Ohshima didn't do those redesigns and/or artwork?

Even the creator of Sonic draws shitty Sonic fanart.

It looks so weird. It's like he's trying to imitate Yuji Uekawa's art style.

Originally Posted by duckroll

Nice to see a good representation of Away fans! I liked the game too!

The monster designs were way better than the characters though:

Is that Crustle's alternate forme on the right?

Originally Posted by PartTimeWarrior

Deviantart Battle

The quest for comments.

Totally fitting!

...it was nice of him to try and keep to the consistent quality of the existing artwork! Cough.

That grey hedgehog isn't even trying.

Originally Posted by Ryuukan

Will the upcoming story text also be on par with sonic fanfics

Wait, this game actually has a story? Like, it's not just a card game for the sake of being a card game?